👑 Dendrobium Senile – Rare Silvery-Stemmed Orchid with Delicate Yellow Blooms
🌟 Why You’ll Love Dendrobium Senile
💐 Soft Yellow Flowers: Produces charming pale yellow blooms with an orange center, typically during the cooler months
🌿 Unique Silvery Appearance: Known for its soft, fuzzy, silver-grey stems, giving the plant a distinctive and elegant texture even when not in bloom
🪴 Miniature Collector’s Orchid: Compact and epiphytic – ideal for mounting on wood slabs or growing in shallow baskets with moss or bark
🌱 Rare & Exotic: A true species orchid, sought after by serious collectors and lovers of unusual foliage
🏡 Perfect for Humid Indoors or Greenhouses: Thrives in warm, humid environments with good air circulation
🌸 Seasonal Bloomer: Typically blooms in late winter or early spring, often after a cool, dry rest
🌿 Planting & Care Tips
☀️ Light: Prefers bright, diffused light – avoid direct sun
🌡️ Temperature: Grows best in cool to warm temps (12–28°C)
🌊 Humidity: Loves high humidity (60–80%); mist regularly
🪴 Mounting Option: Best grown mounted on wood or in a shallow basket with moss or fine bark
💧 Watering: Keep moist during growth; reduce watering in winter to trigger blooming
🌸 Feeding: Apply diluted orchid fertilizer every 2–3 weeks during the active growth phase
❄️ Winter Rest: Reduce water and fertilizer in winter to encourage blooming